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This happened in an RV, but still a good lesson about CO. A tragedy.

Everone with generators might consider sending in your CO detectors into the company in the off season and have them checked out. I have already purchased 2 new ones to replace what is in the boat now just for peace of mind.

Here is the article http://kaaltv.com/article/stories/S2289538.shtml?cat=10159

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Jeff

'14 Cruisers 380 Express "Simon Sez"
Merc 8.2 Mag MPI 380
DTS B3X, (x2) Axius Premier


(SOLD)
'08 V318
Merc 350 Mag MPI 300
DTS Seacore, B3 (x2)

That is just a horrible story! My prayers to the families of the deceased. I posted a couple of other news reports on similar occurrences I found on the web on a thread titled portable generators safe? A member posted the question.

To quote despair.com: "It could be that the purpose of your life is only to serve as a warning to others."

Hopefully others will learn from their tragic mistake. Even something as simple as $20 battery operated CO detector could've saved their lives.

We have both on the boat, the built-in ones and a separate battery operated one. On the few situations when there's been fumes detected sometimes it was one of the built-ins, others it was the residential-grade one. Depended entirely on which hatches were open and the source of the fumes. Causes varied; our generator (open companionway door), adjacent boat's engines during docking at a slip (side hatches open), nearby portable genset (top hatches open). The docking situation wasn't unexpected and dissipated quickly. We moved away from the genset to a different part of the anchorage.

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-Bill Kearney, 2005 348 Vista